The war in the Middle East is also taking place among us: as a cynical competition over interpretative authority, where a clear distinction is made between victims and perpetrators. In the struggle of narratives, closed worldviews dominate. Joana Osman, daughter of a Palestinian father, understands the power of stories. She demonstrates how narratives can dehumanize, but also how we can reclaim them and transform them into the humus of radical empathy. Osman reflects on her own peace activism work for the Peace Factory, points out wounds in the German discourse, and elegantly circles around the crucial shortcoming of the discussants: Only when we are willing to shift the focus of our perception to the traumas of the other side can we truly encounter each other again. An interventionist essay that rethinks the utopia of peace – and offers us hope.